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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “built” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

76 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
built7432592(None) 
build84413351build
guilt65125571guilt
quilt144125101quilt
atilt54828472atilt
bail65042802bail_
bails75933522bails
bait66556002bai_t
belt65754032b_elt
bile66147192b_ile
bilk105824432b_ilk
bill67239952b_ill
bint67355052b_int
bit57070912b_i_t
bitt65545822b_itt
boil66335182boil_
boils75427192boils
bolt66254172b_olt
brill74819952brill
brit66350152bri_t
britt75732232britt
bruit76126722brui_t
bugle84721942bugle
buhl95518222buhl_
buhls105111802buhls
builds9378492builds
bulb85626692bu_lb
bulk105426152bu_lk
bull65634872bu_ll
bulla74620562bulla
bullet84528612bullet
bulls75629572bulls
bully105124812bully
bundt85824852bundt
bunt65850852bu_nt
buret77444012buret
burl64937182burl_
burls74228852burls
burly104922832burly
burnt75230332burnt
burst75332242burst
busily112211502busily
bust65947782bu_st
but55963022bu__t
butle75023102butle
butt65143742bu_tt
butut75522912butut
cult66541152cu_lt
duit56241582dui_t
gilt56348552_gilt
guild75312752guild
guile64521132guile
guilts74111232guilts
guilty10418232guilty
hilt75850722_hilt
inbuilt947322inbuilt
jilt115839432_jilt
kilt86144432_kilt
lilt46349952_lilt
milt65455822_milt
quiet144530732quiet
quill148413772quill
quilts154112542quilts
quint144529902quint
quirt144624232quirt
quit136136512qui_t
rebuilt939972rebuilt
silt46558202_silt
spilt75532222spilt
stilt54831982stilt
suint55638182suint
suit45649872sui_t
tilt46252432_tilt
unbuilt948002unbuilt
upbuilt1144042upbuilt
wilt76246302_wilt

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691538000.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit53800763.42315717.2
3Display Results76760.0135846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691763.79647073.5
 
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